.TH KPSESTAT 1 "1 March 2011" "Kpathsea @VERSION@"
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.SH NAME
kpsestat \- compute octal mode from mode of existing file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B kpsestat
.I mode
.I file
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.B kpsestat
prints the octal permission of
.I file
modified according to
.I mode
on standard output.  The
.I mode
parameter accepts a subset of the symbolic permissions accepted by
.BR chmod (1).
Use
.B =
as the mode to obtain the unchanged permissions.
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.SH OPTIONS
.B kpsestat
accepts the following options:
.TP
.B --help
Print help message and exit.
.TP
.B --version
Print version information and exit.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR chmod (1).
